Imagine having to laugh off 'jokes' that make you feel deeply insecure, for hours, at a nationally televised award show, and that's basically Ricky Gervais's method of hosting the Golden Globes.
The Force Awakens has prompted plenty of writing about how putting a female in the lead role shook up the way we see one of the most venerable action franchises of all time.
Chris Hemsworth has been named the world's favourite action star, ahead of Dwayne Johnson and other leading men.
Bryan Cranston's latest revisits the era of the Hollywood blacklist, writes Helen Barlow.
The Transformers: The Movie is my favourite family film, but I can't imagine gathering the family around to watch it.
Director Quentin Tarantino is hoping to make a horror movie and a gangster drama for his final two films.
Oscar-winning film-maker Quentin Tarantino is heading to New Zealand for the first time to premiere his new film alongside Kiwi star Zoe Bell.
Despite a few hit-and-miss moments, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler prove yet again to be a dynamic duo, Francesca writes.
Bringing you our favourite features from 2015. If you missed them the first time around, now's the perfect time to catch up.
Well-matched actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy help deliver a savagely authentic Old West survival thriller
When I was a kid, we didn't have animated ice princesses screaming "Let it go".
Star Wars: The Force Awakens poised to obliterate the domestic record of reigning box-office champ Avatar. Can it get the all-time worldwide record?
US actor Sylvester Stallone says a Creed sequel could reunite Stallone's character Rocky Balboa with his rival Apollo Creed.
Star Wars fans are disturbed by a decision to omit lead character Rey from the new The Force Awakens themed Monopoly game.
A trippy, beautiful and wild film that serves as a timeless ode to Jim Henson's boundless imagination, Labyrinth is my favourite kids' film of all time.
Quentin Tarantino has a new movie The Hateful Eight. As usual it doesn't adopt half measures.
The movies Gremlins is a cuddly horror flick sure to scare the kids - and also delight them
I could easily list a platoon of family films that I loved as a kid, but I'd struggle to call most of them "timeless".
Bringing you our favourite features from 2015. If you missed them the first time around, now's the perfect time to catch up.
We're looking back at our columnists' most popular pieces from 2015. Today, the highly anticipated film Fifty Shades of Grey has been unleashed on New Zealand. Dominic Corry takes a peek at some of the cringiest sex scenes shown on the big screen.
Star Wars creator takes swipe at studio over their treatment of his space opera.
We all mess up sometimes, that's life, what's important is to learn from our mistakes. Looking back on 2015, Hollywood could do the same.
The Herald and Flicks.co.nz are on the hunt to discover New Zealand's favourite family film. Today Leonie Hayden tells us why she chooses The Neverending Story.
The Herald and Flicks.co.nz are on the hunt to discover New Zealand's favourite family film. Today TV presenter Matt Gibb tells us why he loves Wall-E.
You'd be hard-pressed to find a more enduring distillation of the master film-maker's family-friendly cinematic identity than The Goonies.
Blockbuster revivals featured women being empowered, at last.
Warning: This article contains major plot spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Apart from famously loud-shirted chief executive John Lasseter, the Pixar bunch remains mostly unseen, staying behind the scenes and letting their work do their talking.
Schulz died in 2000 aged 77 and Jim a year later at a very youthful 92, both leaving a fabulous legacy for the next generation of scribblers.
Is there a film appropriate for your parents, siblings and grandpa?
The latest episode of Star Wars is now upon us and has unleashed a new era of science fantasy robots, or "droids" as they are known.